Richard Benjamin

Biography

Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self - Guest Host

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Adam Barstow

Dr. Kildare

Intern

Wogan

Self

Mad About You

Mr. Frank DiChristophoro

Childrens Hospital

Dan Richards

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	SEGAL	Self
2024	Ex-Husbands	Simon Pearce
2023	You People	Dr. Green
2020	Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind	Self
2014	Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles	Self - Filmmaker
2012	Pablo	Self
2008	Henry Poole Is Here	Dr. Fancher
2006	Keeping Up with the Steins	Ken
2004	The Goodbye Girl	Oliver Frey
2003	Marci X	Ben Feld
2003	Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest	Peter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories	Self
2001	The Shrink Is In	Samantha's Editor (uncredited)
1998	The Pentagon Wars	Casper Weinberger
1997	Deconstructing Harry	Ken
1989	First Works	Self
1983	Packin' It In	Gary Webber
1982	Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1981	Saturday the 14th	John
1980	The Last Married Couple in America	Marv Cooper
1980	First Family	Press Secretary Bunthorne
1980	How to Beat the High Cost of Living	Albert
1980	Witches' Brew	Joshua Lightman
1979	Scavenger Hunt	Stuart Selsome
1979	Love at First Bite	Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
1978	House Calls	Dr. Norman Solomon
1978	Fame	Meyer Shine
1977	No Room to Run	Nick Loomis
1975	The Sunshine Boys	Ben Clark
1975	The Lion Roars Again	Self
1973	Westworld	Peter Martin
1973	The Last of Sheila	Tom Parkman
1973	On Location with Westworld	Self (uncredited)
1972	Portnoy's Complaint	Alexander Portnoy
1971	The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker	William Alren
1971	The Steagle	Harold Weiss
1970	Catch-22	Maj. Danby
1970	Diary of a Mad Housewife	Jonathan Balser
1969	Goodbye, Columbus	Neil Klugman

Year	TV Show	Role
2008	Childrens Hospital	Dan Richards
2007	Pushing Daisies	Jerry Holmes
2000	Titus	Bill
1992	Mad About You	Mr. Frank DiChristophoro
1992	Love & War
1982	Wogan	Self
1977	Quark	Adam Quark
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1967	He & She	Dick Hollister
1963	Vacation Playhouse	Ted Penny
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self - Guest Host
1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Adam Barstow
1961	Dr. Kildare	Intern
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Meyer Shine
	Science Fiction Film Awards	Himself